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Professor Saini Yang Appointed as the New Executive Director of IRDR
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08 July 2024 IRDR Introduction Video
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23 May 2023 Agreement on IRDR Phase II became effective on May 11 2023
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Rajib Shaw appointed Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk programme
01 June 2016
Rajib Shaw, Executive Director of IRDR.Previously, Shaw was a Professor in the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Japan. He has extensive experience in disaster risk reduction (DRR) research and has worked closely with lo
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The Workshop Co-sponsored by IRDR ICoE on Vulnerability and Resilience Metrics Calls for Abstracts
23 May 2016
IRDR ICoE on Vulnerability and Resilience Metricsis is co-organizing a workshop on the dynamics of risk and vulnerability with the University of Salzburg, EURAC Research and UNU-EHS. This workshop will be held at University of Salzburg, from Wednesday, 21
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Exciting News: The 2016 Sergey Soloviev Medal is awarded to IRDR Science Committee Vice-Chair Irasema ALCÁNTARA-AYALA
20 April 2016
IRDR Science Committee Vice-Chair Irasema Alcántara-Ayala has been awarded the 2016 Sergey Soloviev Medal for her contribution to the basic knowledge of natural hazards, vulnerability and prevention of disasters in developing countries.Dr. Alcántara-Ayala
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UNISDR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SENDAI FRAMEWORK FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 2015-2030
08 April 2016
From 27-29 January 2016, UNISDR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SENDAI FRAMEWORK FOR DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 2015-2030 was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The conference successfully launched the Science and Technology Partners
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End-to-End-to-End Early Warning System- A talk in the University of Auckland
07 April 2016
Bapon (shm) Fakhruddin, member of IRDR’s Scientific Committee, gave a public talk to the University of Auckland on “End-to-End-to-End Early Warning System.” For more information, please click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51WyzzmjDAg
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Heartening News: the online library for Disaster Risk is available!
21 March 2016
The UNISDR Library for Disaster Risk is available online. Please click here: http://lib.riskreductionafrica.org/
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TWAS Affiliated Membership 2016
07 March 2016
TWAS Affiliated Membership 2016 Nominations/Applications Form(to be typewritten in English)Kindly read the information overleaf prior to completing the form. A candidate can be proposed by a TWAS Fellow, an Associate Fellow or individual candidates should
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World Risk Index
01 March 2016
WorldRiskIndex presented by Prof. Birkmann at a high level event in New York
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IRDR seeks Executive Director
06 February 2016
The International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC) and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN-ISDR) invite applications for the post of Executive Director of the Integrated Research on Disaster
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Call for science briefs - UN Global Sustainable Development Report
03 February 2016
The team preparing the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) is issuing an open call for science briefs to members of the global sustainable development community. The GSDR is a United Nations publication aiming to strengthen the science-policy in
